mujer

/[muˈxeɾ]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#217

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

mujer is aSpanishnoun. It means: Ser humano de sexo femenino. Pronounced [muˈxeɾ]. It ranks #217 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with mur and muse.

Key facts for mujer
PropertyValue
Headwordmujer
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[muˈxeɾ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#217
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of mujer in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for mujer is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [muˈxeɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #217 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for mujer, with forms such as "mjuer", "mmujer", and "muejr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mur", "muse", "mute", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is mujer, spelled M-U-J-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ser humano de sexo femenino.
  2. 2
    En particular, mujer₁ que ha alcanzado la madurez.
  3. 3
    Mujer₁ casada con respecto de su marido.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mjuer,mmujer,muejr,mujerr,mujjer,mujre,umjer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for mujer

Misspelling Variants of "mujer"

mjuer5mmujer6muejr5mujerr6mujjer6mujre5umjer5
Misspelling Variants of "mujer"

Frequency rank: #217 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mujer"?
"mujer" is spelled M-U-J-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [muˈxeɾ].
What does "mujer" mean?
As a noun, "mujer" means: Ser humano de sexo femenino.
What words are commonly confused with "mujer"?
"mujer" is commonly confused with "mur", "muse", "mute". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mujer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mujer" is [muˈxeɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mujer" come from?
"mujer" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.